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THE ORPINGTONS 



The Jubilee Orpingtons have never been very popular; 

 why, we cannot say. They are a three-colored fowrl. The 

 ground or main color is a rich, reddish brovim, then a 

 black bar, which is usually a beetle green and then tipped 

 with white. 



Spangled Orpingtons 



Mr. Cook also claimed to be the originator of the 

 Spangled variety and produced them by crossing a dark 

 or colored Dorking cock with Barred Plymouth Rock 

 hens. The pullets from this cross were of large size and, 

 mostly black. These were mated with a Silver Spangled 

 Hamburg cock. 



Of course it took some time after this to perfect the 

 color, as the males were inclined to come drab or straw 

 color.. The Spangled Orpingtons are a black and white 

 fowl, the feathers are black, tipped or spangled with white. 

 They are not, as yet, a very popular fowl. 



Blue Orpingtons 



Blue Orpingtons made their appearance at English . 

 ■sTiows last season and are most likely a cross of the 

 Whites .and Blacks. 



Ermine or Columbian Orpingtons 

 Ermine Orpingtons were originated by Angier L. 

 Goodwin of Melrose Highlands, Mass., and first exhibited 

 by him at the Boston Show of 1909. They were produced 

 from accidental crosses of the Black, White and Buff 

 Orpington varieties. The color markings are the same as 

 those of Light Brahmas, which lead other breeders of new 

 varieties to make Orpington-Light Brahma crosses for the 

 purpose of producing a Columbian Orpington, which is 

 identical in color markings with the Ermine Orpington. 



Cuckoo Orpingtons 



The newest of the Orpington family is the above va- 

 riety, introduced in 1901 (?) by William H. Cook of Eng- 

 land, but none have been exhibited in America, that we 

 are aware of. 



Admitted to the Standard 



Single and Rose Comb Black and Single and Rose 

 Comb Buff Orpingtons were admitted to the English Poul- 

 try Club Standard in 1901. The American Poultry Asso- 

 ciation admitted the Single Comb Buff, Black and White 

 Orpingtons to the Standard of Perfection in 1904. 



